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<blockquote data-quote="grubstake" data-source="post: 178458" data-attributes="member: 4012"><p>If my dating guesstimate of around the time of Federation is correct, I'd also suggest that every part of the piece is likely to be of Australian origin - gold, pearl, rubies and emeralds - with this aspect of the design reflecting the pride in the young nation that would have been a common feeling at that time.</p><p></p><p>It's quite a dazzling heirloom, Condor. Is there a family history of mining-related success in the late nineteenth century? eg. Great Grandpa made his fortune in the goldfields/had shares in an early mine on the Kalgoorlie Golden Mile, or something of that nature?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grubstake, post: 178458, member: 4012"] If my dating guesstimate of around the time of Federation is correct, I'd also suggest that every part of the piece is likely to be of Australian origin - gold, pearl, rubies and emeralds - with this aspect of the design reflecting the pride in the young nation that would have been a common feeling at that time. It's quite a dazzling heirloom, Condor. Is there a family history of mining-related success in the late nineteenth century? eg. Great Grandpa made his fortune in the goldfields/had shares in an early mine on the Kalgoorlie Golden Mile, or something of that nature? [/QUOTE]
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